Our First For 2021
Happy new year! I hope you held onto that feeling of newness at the beginning of the year, however brief the moment…
Our Last Newsletter Of The Year December
Welcome to the last newsletter of 2020! I’m sure you’ll agree with me that this has been one wild ride of a…
Mau Mau Detention
Greetings, friends: This past week I had the immense privilege of moderating Nanjala Nyabola’s launch for her second book, Travelling While Black.…
Legal Clinic Recap
https://mailchi.mp/0d75ecb4c693/legal-clinic-recap-traveling-while-black-and-the-three-musketeers Greetings, friends: I hope you are well as can be at this time as we look forward to the end of…
Softie Reflection
Greetings, friends: I hope you’ve had a good and productive fortnight, the weeks are flying by! We’ve been busy at Baraza, hosting…
Jacaranda Propaganda
Greetings, friends: I hope all is well with you and yours, all factors considering. We’re well into #jacarandapropaganda season, and as Nanjala…
Glimmers of Light and Joy
So U.S. President Donald Trump just tested positive for the coronavirus, are we about to get into the season finale of 2020?…
Dont Waste The Audience
This week I’ve been thinking about Wambui Kamiru Collymore, widow of the late Bob Collymore, CEO of Kenyan media telco Safaricom until…
Remembering Black Panther
Two and a half years ago, on a cold February evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I put on my kitenge long-sleeved dress, leggings,…
The Havoc of Choice
Greetings, friends: Over the past week I’ve been reading Wanjiru Koinange’s debut novel The Havoc of Choice, set in those tumultuous weeks…
Reopening The Baraza
Greetings, friends: Happy new month! We reopened Baraza at the beginning of July, and we’ve been pleased to see many of you…
Stress Testing Journalism
Greetings, friends: One of my favourite websites on the Internet today is The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a compendium of invented words…